Electronic ringing frequency generator



Aprll 3, 1956 J. MCCREARY ELECTRONIC RINGING FREQUENCY GENERATOR Original Filed July 20, 1950 INVENTOR. HAROLD J. u cnsmv BY fim ATTY.

irigfr equencies. I v v "a pushpu'll power amplifier which supplies the five output ringing circuitsone at a time. In' order" to tender ELECTRONIC RINGING' FREQUENCY GENERATOR The present invention relates in general to telephone ringinggenerat'ors and more particularly: to such-generators employing electronic means exclusively, and is a division of my prior application filed luly 20,,1950, Serial No. 174,943, now U. S. Patent No. 2,674,734 dated April 6, 1954. p r

It is an object of the invention to provide an improved electronic ringing generator system that is simple-in arrangement, economical in manufacturing, 'and efiicient in operation.

It is another object of the'present invention to: means for maintaining the output frequency independent of the load.

A featureof the present invention is the provision of only one oscillator automatically changing frequency to produce five difi'erent ringing frequencies.

Another feature of the invention is in operating't he power tubes with such'a load that less than half their rated plate current flows in order to insure longer tube life.

Another feature of the invention is in providing power tubes and rectifier tubes in parallel so that in case "of failure of one, the other will'adequately carry the load for maintaining steady continuous service.

Other objects and featureswill be evident and' a complete understanding of the operation may be had from a perusal of the description in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1, which shows the entire system. Briefly" explained, the invention comprises'a novel relay counting circuit that automatically changes (once per second) the frequency determining component, namely,

'the'grid resistance; of a well-known plate coupledmultivibrator thereby effecting oscillations at five dilfe'rentrir-ig- The output from the multivibratordriv'es the system' more convenient to describe and understand,

it -is essentially dividedinto three more orle'ssseparate components; the relay counting circuit' covering the bot- :tom third of the 'drawingjthe multivibrator the middle third tmd the power amplifier the upper third. ,Theeonn'tin'gcircuit, including a selenium rectifier'27 and a thyratron tube T7, such'as anRCA 2050, causesfas will be hereinafter described, the counting relays 120, 130, *140,-150-'and 160-to'sequentially'operate. 7 These relays cause theintr'oduction-of various resistance values'into the'grid circuits of the multivibrator and also cause 'tlie 'outputof-thepower amplifier to beconnected to' the proper ringing circuit. Rectifier tube T6, such-asf'an RCA 5Z3,-along with other standardpower supply cem- -ponents'and voltage regulating tubes T8,T9,' T and T11, such'as-RCA OAZsQfurnish the necessary'steady Zdirect -volta'geto operate the multivibrator. The multiv ibrator. tube T5 is an RCA 6N7 in the present fembodimdnt. Rectifier tubes-T1 and T 2, such as'RCA 5Z3ssupply the necessa'ry-high directvolta'ge to operate the power ar'ni'plifier. Thepower'amplifier tubes,T3fand T4, con1ie e'd "in palrallelpush-pull, are RCA sAs7-Gs in tt'fe preseht United States Patent 2,740,948 Patented Apr. 3, 1956 embodiment and are driven by the multivibrator. 'The *Relay 120 thus operates and locks up overthe following path: bottom of condenser 29 andwinding 11, relay r 29 will be maintained at 100 volts.

ponents. less and less negative withrespe'ct to ca'thodej78) and,

output of this amplifier is connected to one of the five .diftereut ringing circuits corresponding to the ringing frequency'the multivibrator is producing at'th'at time. "Hereinafter current flow and electron flow will be considered synonymous-4. e., flowing from a point of lower 1 potential (negative) to a point of higher potentialtpositive).

Having briefly described my invention, a detailed description thereof follows immediately hereinafter.

The relay connting circuit will be considered first. When the system is turned on, primary winding 1""supplies power mall the secondaries including, of course,

u winding 12. This winding will supply 6.3 volts toheat filament 79" of thyratron tube T7. Winding 11 in the meantime will charge condenser 29 through selenium rectifier 27 and resistor 28 causing a positive potential to appear on the top and negative on the bottom. The number of turns on winding 11 and the value of the resistance of 27 and 28 will be so adjusted that condenser i It should benoted atthis time that condenser 72 will likewise be charged to 100 volts as it is connected directly in parallel with condenser 29 through contacts 104 and conductor 73. When the filament is sufliciently heated so that conduction may take place, the direct voltage acrosscondenser29' will cause electrons to flow over the following l pathz from the bottom of condenser 29 and winding 11,

resistance 81a, cathode 78,plate 75, pulse relay 100,

'pulse i-elay contacts 101, to the top of condenser-Q29 aiidwi'nding '11. Pulse relay 100 therefore energizes "and, as it is so mechanically adjusted that contacts 102 operate first, causes a negative voltage from the lower terminal of condenser 29 to be placed on the upper terinitial 82. Contacts 103 then close and as condenser 72 had been previously charged to 100 volts, with the posi- "ti've'pote'ntialon the top, said condenser 72 will dis- ;charge over the following path: from the bottom of condenser'72, relay 120, contacts 129, 139, 149,159, 169, conductor 96, contacts 103 to the 'top of condenser 72.

duct. Contacts 101 make again,'closing the plate circuit; but once tube T7 is cut ofi, grid 77 assumes'con'trol. It will be remembered that'upon the operation of contacts 102 a negative voltage from the bottom of condenser 29' is placed upon the top of condenser 82 and, of'cour'se,

grid 77. It should be noted here that there is an electron fiow from the bottom of condenser 29 and'winding '11 through resistances 81a and 81b, conductor 73to'the top of condenser 29 and winding 11. This,'of course,

places cathode 78 at a positive potential with respect to the bottom of condenser 29. Now inasmuchascondenser :82 'is-initiallycharged to that negative potential of condenser 29, grid 77 will benegative with respectto'fcath- .ode 78. Therefore tube T7 will not again condufcfuntil condenser 82 discharges. This will occur after 'relay ,100 is dce'nerg'ized with the resultant opening of contacts 102. Condenser 82 will discharge through resistance83 at "a rate dependent upon the time constant of the two com- The voltage on grid 77 willthus rise (become if condenser 82 and resistance"83areproportioned correctly (one micro-farad and 250,0O0ohn1s in'iihe present embodiment), one second will elapse before'the'plate voltageon'plate will regain control. The foregoing cycle will again repeat itself over and over again with a pulse of current, resulting from the discharge of condenser 72, traversing conductor 96 once per second.

As explained hereinbefore, relay 120 operates and locks up responsive to the first pulse. Contacts 128 will thus be closed so that the second pulse will operate relay 130 over the following path: bottom of condenser 72, relay 130, contacts 123, 139, 149, 159, 169, conductor 96, contacts 103, to the top of condenser 72. Relay 130 therefore operates responsive to the second pulse or second cycle and locks up over the following circuit: bottom of Condenser 29 and winding 11, relay 130, contacts 137, 146, 156, 166, conductor 73 to the top of condenser 29 and winding 11. Relay 130 also, by opening contacts 136, opens the locking circuit for relay 120, said circuit having been traced hereinbefore. Relay 120, of course, therefore falls back. Relay 130 closes contacts 138 so that the third pulse will operate relay 140 over the following path: bottom of condenser 72, relay 140, contacts 138, 149, 159, 169, conductor 96, contacts 103 to the top of condenser 72. Relay 140 therefore operates responsive to the third pulse and locks up over the following circuit: bottom of condenser 29 and winding 11, relay 140, contacts 147, 156, 166, conductor 73 to the top of condenser 29 and winding 11. Relay 140, by opening contacts 146, opens the locking circuit for relay 130, said circuit having been traced hereinbefore. Relay 130 therefore restores. Relay 140 by closing contacts 148 causes the fourth pulse to operate relay 151) over the following path: bottom of condenser 72, relay 150, contacts 148, 159, 169, conductor 96, contacts 163 to the top of condenser 72. Relay 156 locks up over the following path: bottom of condenser 29 and winding 11, relay 150, contacts 157, 166, conductor 73 to the top of condenser 29 and Winding 11. Relay 150 also, by opening contacts 156, opens the locking circuit for relay 149, said circuit having been traced hereinbefore. Relay 140 therefore falls back. Relay 150, by closing contacts 158, causes the fifth pulse to operate relay 169 over the following path: bottom of condenser 72, relay 160, contacts 158, 169, conductor 96, contacts 163 to the top of condenser 72. Relay 160 locks up over the following circuit: bottom of condenser 29 and winding 11, relay 160, contacts 127, 167, conductor 73, to the top of condenser 29 and winding 11. Relay 160, by closing contacts 168, transfers conductor 96 to relay 120 so that the sequence of operation of the counting relays may once again occur. The second operation of relay 126) will thus be effected over the following circuit: bottom of condenser 72, relay 129, conductor 56, contacts 163, conductor 96, contacts 103 to the top of condenser 72. Relay 120, by opening contacts 127, opens the locking circuit for relay 160, said circuit having been traced hereinbefore. Relay 120, by closing contacts 128, causes the succeeding pulse to operate relay 130, over a circuit previously traced. This sequence of operation will of course continue. Thus it is seen that only one counting relay operates at a time in sequence, and then remains operated for one full second.

It will be noted that during the first five pulses neither the multivibrator nor the power amplifier is operating. The plate voltage circuits to both stages are open, as will be hereinafter described. The filaments 17 and 18 of the rectifier tubes T1 and T2 meanwhile are heated from the current transformed over to winding 4 and 5. Also winding 6 supplies filament voltage for power amplifier tubes T3 and T4; winding 7 and 8 supplies filament voltage for rectifier tube T6; and winding 10 supplies filament voltage for multivibrator tube TS. This provision for adequately heating the filaments before the plate voltage is applied insures a longer life for a tube, as is Well-known in the art.

The plate voltage supply for the multivibrator is produced by a conventional rectifying and filtering circuit. Rectifier tube T6 of course conducts only in one direction be nearly equal.

so that the direct voltage produced across bleeder resistance 64 and 65 is positive at the top and negative at the bottom. Filtering condensers 21 and 22 charge during the half cycle that rectifier tube T6 conducts and discharges through the bleeder resistor 64 and 65 when tube T6 is not conducting. Choke 19 builds up a magnetic field when tube T6 is conducting. The field collapses as the conduction decreases, tending to keep a constant how of current in the same direction through the bleeder resistor 64 and 65 and the load. T8, T99, T10 and T11 are well-known voltage regulating tubes and, as they are placed in parallel with the bleeder resistor, maintain the power supply voltage constant. The number of turns of winding 9 and the electrical values of the other rectifying and filtering components are so adjusted that a voltage of 600 volts appears across the regulating tubes--i. e., rom (negative) at point 94 to (positive) at point 95. It has been found that with this regulating circuit the input voltage impressed across primary winding 1 can vary from to 130 volts Without an appreciable change in the direct voltage output across the regulating tubes.

The multivibrator itself, as mentioned previously, is of the conventional plate coupled type. This is the basic free-running circuit and is nothing more than a simple two-stage resistance-capacitance coupled amplifier with the output of the second stage coupled through a condenser to the grid of the first stage. Since the signal applied to the grid of a resistance-capacitance coupled amplifier is reversed in phase in the output, the output of the second stage is in phase with the input to the first, as each stage reversed the polarity of its input. Because the output of the second stage is of the proper polarity to reinforce the signal to the first tube, oscillations can take place. Now returning to the operation of the counting relays, it can be seen from the drawing that responsive to the operation of relay 169, contacts 163 close and connect point 95, through time delay relay 110, contacts 163, plate resistors 59 and 60, to plates 61 and 62 of multivibrator tube T5. It will be remembered that point is at a positive 600 volts with respect to point 94 and as the cathode 74 of multivibrator tube T5 is connected directly to point 94 there will initially be a potential difference of 600 volts between the plates 61 and 62 and cathode 74. Time delay relay also energizes at this time and locks itself up through contacts 112. Plate voltage is thus connected to multivibrator tube T5 through contacts 112 and will, of course, remain after relay deenergizes, opening contacts 163.

When the plate power supply voltage is applied to this multivibrator, electrons begin to flow in the plate circuits. If the two halves of the circuit are alike, the conduction through both plate resistors 59 and 69 may However, a perfect balance is impossible; there must always be some slight difference, and any such difference will bring about a cumulative increase in the unbalance, as follows: A slight increase in the electrons drawn by plate 62 occurs. This increase causes an increase of the voltage drop across resistor 60, and thus a decrease of the voltage difference between plate 62 and cathode 74i. e., the larger the voltage drop across resistor 60, the less positive plate 62 becomes. Because of condenser 71 the decrease in voltage of plate 62 is transferred through said condenser 70 to grid 66 and causes a decrease in the voltage difference between cathode 74 and said grid 66. This decrease of voltage on grid 66 causes a reduction in the electron flow through plate 61 and resistor 59. Thus the increase in conduction of the left half (plate 62 and rethe left halfincreased to a maximum value. Though de'scribedas if it occurred slowly,fthe switching action occurs with extreme rapidity'-in a fraction'ofa' micro second. In order that the righthalf of tube=-T5 becut olf, grid 66 had to be driven beybnd'thefcuflofi'voltage.

The negative grid voltage results'froma chargeon con- "tlens'er 70 Since this charge mii'stleak off through re- "si'stor 71' the. grid voltage does not "rema'in negativeindefinitely, but tends to return tozero"as'theeondenser discharges. "As soon 'ascut-otf"is' reached,"electrons begin'toflowthro'u'gh plate61 and res'is'tor59,' and a'second switching action'takeslplace. This switching action is :ha'lf'is increasing and thatthroiigh the le'ft decreasing.

Thus'it 'ends' with the ri'g'hfhalf'havihg maximum "con- 'duct'ion and with thele'ft halfbut e'fi; that is,"duri ng"the switching action the electron newt shddenly 'tfaiisfe'ii'd "from one plate circuit "to'the other. Thisswitchingaction 'repeatscontinuously. It thus 'can' beseen that a'square wave output may be taken off of eitherplate 1 '(61'or "tin-remembering, of course, that the output from each plane will be 180 out of phase with the other.

It' can also be seen that the components" controlling thecut-6tf time of either half'of tube T5'na'rnely,'i'esistors 68'and 71and condensers 63 and 70, ineifecthetei'mine'the frequency of the square wave output. lt'sh'ould be mentioned that if resistor 68 equals resistor 71 and condenser 70 equals condenser63this squarewave will"be"symmetrical. I I I, y I

'From the foregoing it therefore-follows that by varying either the resistance of capacitance in theftwo grid circuits of multivibrator tube T5 the natural free-running frequency may be changed. In 'thepresentembodiment the grid resistance is changed by adding resistance in parallel to resistors 71 and 68. can easily be-seen in the drawing, when any one of the counting relays is operated additional resistors are. placed in. parallel with resistors 71 and 68. As was-mentioned hereinbefore the multivibrator does not function during the first round of pulses to the counting relays but responsive to the and 87' will be placed in parallel with resistors and 71 over contacts 134!) and 124a, 135i: and 125a. The 'mul- -tivibrator will therefore operateat 25 cycles-per-second. Ina similar fashion it-can'be seenthat'operations of relays 140, 150 and -160 will-change the Operating frequency of the multivibrator to 33 /3, 50- and'66%. It should be understood that any other predetermined set of five frequencies could be'used; or for that matter, with an increase in the number of *counting relays, a larger set of any frequencies could be utilized. 7 Resistors 84, 85, 86,87,138, 89,"9ll,"91,"92 and'93 areof thevan iable type so that'a very fast calibration to another-set of frequencies may be accomplished.

The output of the multivibrator, as was hereinbefore stated, consists of two identical square waves-180 out of phase. These two voltages excite'the grids of the ."push-pull connected ..power amplifier. This a'r'r'angerne'nt cancels all even harmonic and'even order combination frequencies in the output-as is well-known in the art-thereby permitting operation of power amplifier tubes T3 and T4 under conditions of high output per 6 "tube that *would otlierwisegive eitcessive distortion. In addition, the push-pull arrangement avoids "direct current saturation in the cores of the'output transformer because the current in the two halves ofthe primary winding magnetize' the core in oppositedirections. Hum'caused by the alternating filamentcurrent-or ripple in the'power supply voltage is also-balanced out by the push-pull transformer connection. Because of this last-mentioned 1 advantage the filteringcircuiffor the push-pull power amplifier stageconsist only of choke 31and "filter'c'ondenser 46. it might be mentioned here that thepower supply circuit for the power amplifier is also wellknown-i. e., the full rectification 'type. Brieflyfex- "plairled during one half of the cycle the top of winding sectidn2 will, for example, be positive with respect to the center tap (between windingsections2 and 3)and similarly the-bottom of winding section 3will be negative or --rather less positive with respect 'to thecenter tap. In the present embodiment the number of turns on 'a winding Z'and 3 issuchthatthere is'a potential difference of "800 volts from the top of winding section '2 to the-bottom of winding section 3. Electrons will therefore'flow through the right halves of tubes T1' and T2 over the following path: fromfilarnen'ts Hand 18, plates 14 and 16,"winding--section 2, conductor 30, condenser 46 (and of course outover the load), choke 31,"winding*4'and 5 backto filaments 1 7 and-18. During the other half of the -cycle,*narnely when thetop' of winding section 2' is negative with respect to the center tap and the bottom "of winding section 3 is positive, also with respectto the center tap, the-electron fioWvvill-be over the following 'pathz filaments 17 and 18, plates 13 and 15,winding"section 3, conductor 30, condenser 46 and the load, choke -31, winding -4 and5 and"back tofilaments 17' and 18. -It-is' therefore seen' that' theelectron fl'o'w is a'lwaysin the same direction through the load-resulting in a'di'rect positive *plate supply voltage appearing at point 97. It -may-be noted'that afixed posit'ive'voltage (however considerably less positive than point '97) appears at point 26 from the bleeder 6.4 and 65-and serves in a well ltnown fashion to give the power amplifier tubes T3 and'T4a proper'fixed bias. This bias can of 'eourse be changed, and, as is well known, difierent classes of operation may *be employed to secure 'diiferent' efficiencies. "For examplejin Class-AB operation the instantaneous 'plate current is reduced to zero for asmall portion'of'each *cyc'le without-causing excessive distortion in the output. This operation renders plateelficiencies of the order of 40 to' 50 per second. Condenser57 is provided in order to maintain that bias voltage'fixed.

The plate supply voltage isapplied to plates 32, '33, 4h and 42 of 'tubes'T3 and T4 responsive" to the closing "of contacts 111 by the operation of time delay relay 110. The power amplifier thereby functions as such to'supply the ringing-circuits. Acycle'of operation willno'w be considered. Assuming that the positive half cycle is placed on-grids38 and-41 throughresistors 31"and'3 7, the top halves of power amplifier tubesT3"and"T4"will conduct over the following pathf from the powersup ply to' point 26, cathodes '34 and44; plates 32 and ll), winding sections "47 and49, centertaps, contacts'l ll, point 97 and to the power supply. Simultaneously the sa nie square wave, out of phase i. e.,"negativefwillfbe impressed on' grids 39 and '43 through r'esistorsi36jand58. This negative voltage will, of course,'prevent"the bottom halves of tubes-T3 and T4from conductingas triuch as the top halves and may, ifso biased" that they are driven below the cut-offvalue, cease condueti'o'n" entirely. The conduction, if any, will flow overthefollowingpath: from the power supply to point 26, cathodes 34 'a'n'd'44, plates '33 and 42, winding sections 50' and '48, centeif taps, contacts 111, point" 97"and to the powr s'upply. "Thus it can be seen that during that particular half cycle there will be a considerable difference in the electron flow of the two halves of each tube and it therefore follows that the tops of winding sections 47 and 49 will be at a considerably lower voltage than the bottom of winding sections 48 and 50. This voltage difference will of course be transferred to the secondary winding. The other half of the square wave cycle considered will, of course, effect a voltage difference transferred to the secondary 180 out of phase with the previously described half cycle. Resistors 31, 36, 37 and 58 in the grid circuits of the power amplifier are provided in order to prevent any grid current from affecting the frequency of the multivibrator.

The counting relays also connect the output of the power amplifier to the particular ringing circuit corresponding to the frequency the 'multivibrator is oscillating at. Assuming relay 1.2% is operated, and therefore the multivibrator is producing 1692i cycles per second and, of course, the power amplifier is amplitying at 16% cycles per second, frequency contacts 122 and 123 will be operated to impress the output from winding section 51 across the correct 16% cycles per second ringing circuit. Similarly during the succeeding operation of relay 130 the output from winding sections 51 and 52 will be impressed across the 25 cycles per second output circuit through contacts 121, 132 and 133. The circuits to the remaining ringing circuits are obvious and require no further discussion. it will be noted that the output voltage is increased somewhat (by the addition of turns 52, 53, 5d and 55) as the frequency increases. This feature compensates for the additional line inductance losses that, of course, increase with frequency. The voltage therefore impressed across each individual ringer in the entire system will be essentially equal.

The more or less isolated position of the multivibrator from the output circuits, effected by the well known buffer characteristic of the power amplifier, renders a very good frequency response over a varying load. The particular tubes utilized in this embodiment draw less than halt their rated plate current when delivering 500 milliamperes to any ringing circuit-such output considered adequate for a large telephone exchange. It

can therefore be seen that the removal or burning out of one of the tubes in parallel will not cut off the service. It has also been found that such an arrangement renders very good voltage regulation over a varying load.

While there has been described What is at present considered to be the preferred embodiment of the invention it will be understood that various modifications may be made herein and it is intended to cover in the appended claims all such modifications as fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention.

Having described my invention in detail, what 1 claim and desire to be protected by issuance of Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A pulsing arrangement for supplying pulses to a counting circuit, comprising a pulsing relay, a conducting tube having a control grid, and an anode, a voltage source, a first condenser normally connected across said voltage source and charged thereby, a circuit for energizing said relay including said anode and said voltage source, said pulsing relay energized upon conduction of said tube, a second condenser connected to'said control grid, means controlled by the energization of said relay for connecting said control grid and said second condenser to a negative terminal of said voltage source, said second condenser charged thereby, means also controlled by the energization of said relay for disconnecting said charged first condenser from said voltage source and connecting said charged first condenser to said counting circuit to transmit a pulse thereover, means further controlled by the energization of said pulsing relay for opening said energizing circuit to thereby interrupt said conduction of said tube and deenergize said relay, and means for thereafter discharging said second condenser to thereby maintain a negative potential on said grid for a predetermined interval thereby maintaining said tube non-conducting duringsaid interval.

2. A pulsing arrangement for supplying pulses to a counting circuit, comprising a conducting tube having a control grid and an anode, a pulsing relay, a voltage source, a condenser normally connected across said voltage source and charged thereby, a circuit for energizing said relay including said anode and said voltage source, said pulsing relay energized upon conduction of said tube, means controlled by the energization of said pulsing relay for sequentially applying a negative potential from said voltage source to said control grid; for disconnecting said charged condenser from said voltage source and connecting said condenser to said counting circuit to thereby discharge said condenser thereover and opening said circuit thereby causing said tube to cease conducting and deenergizing said relay, means connected to said control grid of said tube to maintain said applied negative potential on said grid for a predetermined duration of time thereby maintaining said tube deenergized for a definite period.

3. A pulsing arrangement for supplying pulses to a user circuit comprising a conducting tube having a control grid, control means, a source of positive potential, a circuit for energizing said control means including said tube and said source of positive potential, said control means energized responsive to conduction of said tube, a source of negative potential, a condenser normally connected to said source of positive potential and charged thereby, means operated responsive to said energization of said control means to sequentially connect said source of negative potential to said control grid, connect said charged condenser to said user circuit, and open said energizing circuit to thereby interrupt said conduction of said tube, timing means connected to said control grid for maintaining a negative potential from said negative potential source on said control grid for a predetermined interval thereby preventing conduction of said tube for said predetermined interval.

4. A pulsing device for supplying pulses to a user circuit comprising a voltage source, a condenser normally connected across said voltage source and charged thereby, a conducting tube having a control grid, said tube normally connected across said voltage source, means operated responsive to the conduction of said tube for connecting a negative terminal of said voltage source to said control grid, said control grid thereby acquiring a negative potential, means operated responsive to the conduc tion of said tubefor disconnecting said charged condenser from said voltage source and connecting said condenser to said user circuit, and means operated responsive to the conduction of said tube for disconnecting said tube from said voltage source thereby interrupting conduction of said tube, timing means associated with said control grid for maintaining said negative potential on said control grid for only a predetermined interval, said tube thereby prevented from conduction for said interval.

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